to Michele, Linda & Bala on choosing and cheating

[Guest guest]

Michele, Linda, Bala,

 

I've had the pleasure of having the darshan of several

masters, and this is my impression;

 

Some of them really move and inspire me, but never

towards "themselves," only closer to my own beloved

Amma. Reading about Neem Karoli Baba has inspired me

to be more playful and childlike in my relationship

with Amma. Never have I considered that he was my real

Guru, but often I get the feeling that Amma "sent" him

to me.

 

The same feeling I have for Nisargadatta Maharaj, from

whom I have learned to have faith in Amma (he attained

moksha in three years because of his unshakable faith

in his Guru and his Guru's teaching).

 

Ramana Maharshi has taught me the value of silence and

inquiry, so that I could "Be still and know that I am

God."

 

Anandamayi Ma showed me how to let love guide me, how

to bring bliss into the realm of daily experience.

 

Karunamayi taught me that this is a dream.

 

Krishna made me fall in love with God.

 

Rama showed me what real dharma is.

 

Still other masters I feel almost no "connection"

with, like Christ, but I understand that they are not

for me. I strongly believe that one's own master will

guide one into the right place at the right time. I've

never wondered if someone else is my Guru, for me

there is only Amma, and Amma in the form of Neem

Karoli Baba, Amma in the form of Anandamayi Ma, etc.

 

We were all sort of anxious about the extremely

strange location of Devi Bhava in LA. A persian

wedding had outbid us for the hotel ballroom, so we

ended up in this wierd, underground, basement

conference room, with a really low ceiling and giant

mirrored pillars everywhere. Dayamrita Swami, when

questioned about it, said, "We should learn to see

everything that occurs in our lives as coming directly

from Amma." And DB turned out just beautifully.

 

There are no accidents in the life of one who is

surrendering to a Sat Guru. If we feel drawn to or

inspired by another master, surely it is our own

beloved calling us there, for aren't they all

embodiments of the same principle?

 

Sometimes Amma speaks to me in dreams, sometimes

through life situations, through pain and longing and

bhakti and jnana and even through other masters. But I

believe, with all my heart, that EVERYTHING that is

happening is coming from Her.

 

OK, now that's more like my five or six cents....

 

all my love,

 

Prajna

 

 

 

 

--- Michele Doane Greenstein <ganesh1008

wrote:

 

> nierika wrote:

>

> >

> >Michele wrote:

> >

> >I know how you feel about "cheating", Erica, I

> have the same conflict.

> >But Ram Dais, Neem Karoli Baba

> >(who I also adore), etc., are so irresistible. As

> Prajna says - where

> >does Mother's lap end?..................

> >

> >

> >

> >Dear Michele and Prajna ~ I completely understand

> how you feel. I had to

> >drop out of the Shree Maa digest, not only because

> I felt I should make a

> >choice, but because I just couldn't keep up with

> all the digests and two somewhat

> >varied approaches. However, should Shree Maa and

> Swami come out of seclusion

> >and tour again, I would not hesitate to see them,

> just as I would not hesitate

> >to see Karunamyi or Ram Dass or read books about

> Neem Karoli Baba and other.

> >For are we not told that part of spiritual growth

> is to seek and spend time

> >in the company of saints and gurus? I don't feel

> that choosing Amma (or Her

> >choosing me) as my guru negates the possibility

> that I visit other Great Souls

> >if I have the chance. The more Bhava, the better.

> Jai Ma ~ Linda

> >

> >

> >

> Dear Linda,

> I am in total agreement with you. I think that when

> we can be with

> divinity, we should imbibe it

> (there's that word again) :-) whether is't in the

> form of the actual

> saint, or books, or chants, or whatever. It's just

> that I find myself

> holding back somehow - not giving that "God in human

> form" an open

> heart, as I do with Mother. I was able to be with

> Karunamayi for a few

> hours last week, and while it was wonderful, and She

> is incredible, my

> heart wasn't as open. I wasn't as much "In love". I

> did, however, feel

> myself mellow out and get in touch with the

> sweetness inside much more

> than my usual state. That is to say that She did

> have a big impact on my

> inner being, and raised me up.I realize that it is

> my own hang-up. It is

> incredible grace to be in the company of a realized

> soul, no matter what

> body they are in. When I can see them all as the

> same, and I mean really

> feel the love and the connection with all divine

> souls - nay, with

> everyone and everything, then, well, what more could

> a person want?

> Jai Ma!

> Prasadini

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